A serious land-related corruption scandal came to light involving the Odisha Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (IDCO) and a large industrial plot in the Chandaka Industrial Estate near Patia locality in Bhubaneswar.

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According to sources, a software company named Alliance Computer Telephony India Pvt Ltd took a lease of nearly one acre of industrial land from IDCO with the understanding that construction should start within six months and production begin within two years.

However, after 14 years, as the land remained unused, the lease should have been cancelled by IDCO as per the lease agreement.

Instead of cancelling the lease, IDCO allegedly approved building plans and Alliance ha

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